Summary

A collaborative project funded by the California Digital
Library and the Library of California, Counting California's interface
gives users access to raw social science and economic data compiled by
federal, state, and local agencies, and also allows users to collate
and integrate data by topic, geography, title, and provider. The
database covers the following topics: (1) agriculture and natural
resources, (2) banking, finance, and insurance, (3) business and
industry, (4) crime, law enforcement, and criminal justice, (5)
education, (6) elections, (7) energy and public utilities, (8) health
and vital statistics, (9) housing characteristics and costs, (10)
income, poverty, and cost of living, (11) land, water, and climate,
(12) population and demographics, (13) public finance, government, and
taxes, (13) social services and public assistance, (14)
transportation, and (15) work, labor, and employment. Counting
California's goals also include insuring uniform, continuous access to
both current and historical government data and to foster the ability
to share data and work collaboratively between government agencies and
other members of the data community.